Combined measure and funnel



(No Model.)

- H. BRADNACK.- COMBINED MEASURE AND FUNNEL. No. 507,479. Patented Oct.24, 1893.

UNrTE STATES PATENT @rrron.

JOHN H. BRADNACK, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED MEASURE AND FUNNEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,479, dated October24, 1893. Application filed June 7, 1893- $erial No. 476,865. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BRADNAOK, of-

New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Measure andFunnel; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined measures and funnels,and it consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fullydescribed and especially designated in the claims;

The object of my invention is to provide an improved valve rod foropening and closing.

the funnel at the bottom of the measure, and also to provide an improvedmeans for holding the same either raised or lowered as may be desired.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of ameasure, a portion of one side being broken away showing the valve openand the rod raised in solid lines, and the Valve closed with the rodlowered in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of thelower portion of the same.

A designates a measure which may be of the ordinary or anyotherpreferred construction which is provided with legs or supports B,and depending from its bottom is the short funnel C having its sourcefrom an opening C in the said bottom, as shown.

A narrow ledge or support D extends inward over the measure from oneside of the top thereof and depending through this support is the rod Ehaving a rubber valve F at its lower end for the purpose of closing theopening 0 and preventing the passage of fluid through the funnel. Theupper end of rod E is provided with the right angle arm G having uponits outer end handle G and coiled about the ends of rod E between thesaid arm and the shelf is the coiled spring H which holds the rodnormally raised, as will be readily understood. When the rod is raisedas shown in solid lines, the arm G is projected beneath a hook standardI, extend ed from support D, and there held from movement while themeasure is being tilted or otherwise manipulated. A right angle stop Jalso projects from the said ledge D with its free end immediatelybeneath hook standard I, so that when it is desired to close the funnelC the rod is depressed against the pressure of spring H sufficiently farto enable the arm G to be turned beneath the said stop J, as shown indotted lines, and in this position it is securely held by the said stopwith the funnel closed, as will be readily understood. Thus it will beseen that by means of the stops I and J together with the right anglearm G and coiled spring H, I am enabled to hold the valve rod in apositive position either open or closed, as may be desired. The lowerportion of the rod extends through a guide K secured I to the inner sideof the measure for the purpose of bringing it into its extendedposition.

The bottom of the measure is preferably made sloping as shown, towardthe valve opening so as to readily drain the vessel of all its contents.

In use the measure may be filled to the desired extent with the funnelprojected into a bottle or other receptacle, and the valve may be openedby raising the rod before described, thus permitting the contents toflow therefrom.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a vessel provided with ledge D spring raised valverod E, lateral arm G thereon having handle G at its outer end, verticalstandard I supported by said ledge and provided with a U-shaped upperend, and angular stop J of less height than said standard and underwhich arm G is turned when the valve rod is depressed, and which whenelevated engages and is held by standard I, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination, of a vessel having an opening in its bottom, avertical movable valve carrying rod, an arm projecting laterally fromthe upper end of the rod, a hook standard for engaging the arm andholding the rod in a closed or open position, and an angular stop havingits free end arranged beneath the end of the said hook standard for thepurpose of holding the rod depressed or closed, substantially as sh ownand described.

3. The combination, of a vessel having an opening in its lower end, asupport extended inward from the upper end of the vessel, a verticallymovable rod extended through said support, a valve at its lower end forclosing said opening, an arm projected laterally from the upper end ofthe rod, aspring coiled about the said rod between the said arm and thesupport, a hook standard extended from the said support and an angularstop having its 1 5 free end arranged beneath the said support, the saidhook standard being adapted to engage the same when it is in a raisedposition,

JOHN H. BRADNAGK.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. BRADNACK, JAMES A. W001).

